Eagle Byzantium

The Tecopo mercenaries formed a formation on three walls. They covered their faces with helmets and shawls, hunched over, holding bows and arrows, hiding behind the erected wooden pillars. Then, amid the sound of trumpets, they knelt and raised their heads. Bows and arrows kept being thrown into the sky Shooting, the Calabrian light infantry below the city suddenly raised the kite shields and bucklers in their hands one by one, and held them above their heads. The arrows flew wildly, and they were inserted into the siege tower and into the car that crashed. The skin is inserted into the personal shield.

"Re-strike." After the Tecopo and Cuman people finished shooting a round, they turned back to retrieve the arrows. At this moment, the shield formation of the Norman army below seized the time gap, spread out suddenly, and continued to move forward. We got closer, but there were already many corpses of our companions lying down below. The siege tower was slowly carrying the flying arrows amidst the roar of giant beasts, and was pulled by the rope. Approaching the city head, Bohemond significantly increased the intensity of supervision during this construction and strived to refine the siege equipment: covering the bridge with animal skins on the top of the tower and tying green branches to defend it. It was set on fire, and a retractable and retractable iron rope was tied, and an iron pestle for cutting walls was extended from the middle, so that it could be more firmly and smoothly put up on the battlements and wedged into the city wall.

Gawain followed the battle path of the city wall, passed through the busy fighting soldiers, and came to the shooting position of the tower. He shouted to the Venetian technicians, "Use the saltpeter fire flying spears you sent."

Several technicians wearing soft hats stretched out the crenel and shouted to the military servants below, "Pass over the saltpeter fire flying spears!" The military servants quickly tied up several spears, and the tower moved on the zipline, quickly It was hoisted up, and then the technicians inserted it into the sliding In the trough, facing the Norman siege tower, several slogans were uttered, red thunder and lightning passed in the air, and then billowing fireworks suddenly erupted from the siege tower, and then burned, and the siege tower was still powered by the Kara How Brian soldiers put out watering. It didn't help: the Venetians obtained the secret recipe of fire from Greece and Syria and improved it. The fire can burn after being shot into the target, and the speed is extremely fast. At that time, the Norman towers and folding plank bridges were originally reinforced to resist the city's bows and arrows, but there was nothing they could do with this highly penetrating saltpeter fire spear.

soon. The two siege towers at the front were burning with black smoke billowing. Many soldiers leapt down from the top of the towers with shrill screams. The other siege towers also hesitated and did not dare to enter after seeing this, and the remaining soldiers. The knights on foot, including Norman's dismounted knights, all crouched and guarded the surroundings of the tower, and began to patrol.

"Make a shield formation and send the army servants with crowbars, shovels and hooks! Crush the walls of Bali City. Push up the trebuchets and smash their crossbows!" Commanded on the hill Bohemond waved and said, and then he shouted to his nephew, "Tancred. Don't stare at the city in front of you. Go to your post quickly. Your duty is to deal with Godfrey."

"Yes, but my sister..." Tancred looked at the bloody fighting scene below the city. He turned back to Bohemond and said worriedly.

"Your current enemy is Stephen Gawain, do you understand?" the Duke of Apulia shouted sternly.

Tancred then looked at the smoke-filled city of Bari again. Under the enemy's red-hand cross-sword banner, his enemy Gawain was standing there, holding a phosphorus fire sword in his left hand and a horse-headed scepter in his right hand, commanding from left to right.

"Blow the horn. Let Salian Caesar's reinforcements move closer to our city as soon as possible." Gawain under his banner also stared at the constant movement of the Norman team and flags, walking from one side to the other, and then looked at Dio beside him Gurness said. The other party nodded, and then the other party suddenly said to Gawain. "I can live and die together in this city, but I hope to send Gu Siyun away. After the city falls, even if the Normans come in, I'm afraid she will not be spared."

After saying that, Diognis was grabbed by Gawain by the collar of his robe, "No one will die here. Don't be too pessimistic. Everyone is fighting for Gu Siyun and all the citizens of Bari. Even the citizens are fighting for themselves." And in the battle, Gawain's measures will definitely not fail!" Then Gawain stared at the officer with his light blue eyes, "Only in this way can you make your own decision. Give wings to your bravery." Then Gawain stepped back half a foot, already holding the wine bag on the belt of the prison guard, "Instead of relying on these poisonous nightshades and ginseng wine, we have captured Aversa before. City, you have avenged your father and brother, now you are fighting for yourself!" After saying that, Gawain raised his hand and threw the wine bag down the city.

"That's not ginseng wine, that's the best Italian country wine!" The officer was heartbroken and complained loudly, pointing at Gawain and running towards the north tower.

Hearing the liaison horn sound from the city of Bari, "All troops advance." Godfrey stretched out his arms, and the archers and light infantry under his command lined up and fired at the Norman blocking position down the mountain, and then from swabi The knights of Asia and Lower Lorraine, holding various square flags, fought in small groups with the Norman knights who also lined up at the foot of the mountain. Each side verbally reported their glorious family origins, and swords and spears crossed. , showing off their might to each other.

"We need more fresh troops to deal with the enemies on both sides at the same time." Bohemond, who was observing the stalemate battle formation, complained, and then a messenger cavalry ran over sweating profusely, "Your Majesty, follow the way. On the streets of Tuscany, a procession comes forward."

"Great!" Bohemond looked up to the sky and laughed. "The Holy See and Matilda must have sent troops. Go and guide them quickly to meet me through the camp of the pilgrims."

Soon, Bohemond's face froze, because he saw a group of infantrymen walking towards him. The one in the lead, wearing a black robe and riding a donkey, happened to be the person he least wanted to see. On his left was a short and sturdy armored foot warrior, Birrel, and on his right was a handsome Greek nobleman, Melo, riding a horse.

Peter also looked at the prince coldly, holding a ring and a robe personally given by the Holy See in his hand, and said in a tone that could shatter any dream, "Prince of Apulia, the Holy See wants me to enter the city to baptize Stephen Gawain again, and he will convert to the Holy See - so please stop all war actions."

Bohemond spread his hands and laughed bitterly, "I refuse, I refuse the resolution of the Holy See, and I refuse to negotiate with the city of Bari."

"If you refuse, the Holy See will excommunicate you and break your promise. "If you don't obey the order of the gate, you will have no place to stand, and your territory will be given by the Holy See to the Great Count of Sicily, your uncle Roger." Peter said so cruelly, and then he sighed, "Now turn back all this, you will have the opportunity to establish a country in the East in the future, instead of attacking your fellow believers under the nose of the Pope. In addition, I forgot to remind you that Pisa is also in Tuscany. The city respects the ideas of the Duchess Matilda very much. I heard that you owe this city a lot of money." (To be continued ~^~)